What is AI Alignment?
The challenge of ensuring AI systems act in accordance with human values and intentions.
Definition
AI Alignment is the challenge of ensuring that AI systems pursue goals and behave in ways that are aligned with human values and intentions, especially as AI becomes more capable and autonomous.
Purpose
Alignment aims to prevent AI systems from causing harm by ensuring they understand and follow human values, even when operating independently or making complex decisions.
Function
AI alignment works through various approaches including reward modeling, constitutional AI, human feedback training, and value learning systems that help AI understand what humans actually want versus what they might literally request.
Example
An AI assistant that refuses to help with harmful requests even when explicitly asked, because it's aligned with human safety values rather than just following literal instructions.
Related
Closely related to AI Safety, Constitutional AI, Human Feedback, Reward Modeling, and AI Ethics research.
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